By Dom Cioffi As I stated in last week’s column, in an effort to inspire my 12-year-old son with his drum lessons, I decided to take him to his first large-scale rock concert. He’s seen local bands play at smaller […]
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The Movie Diary: Beaten down
By Dom Cioffi I’ll freely admit that I coerced my son into taking drum lessons for selfish reasons: having been a guitarist for most of my life, the thought of having a built-in percussion section living in my own home […]
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The Movie Diary: Love on the rocks
By Dom Cioffi Burt Pugach fell in love with Linda Riss the moment he first laid eyes on her. At least he thought he loved her. Others said it was more like an obsession. Burt didn’t care what you called […]
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A course of action
By Dom Cioffi It’s over. Three straight seasons of coaching have officially ended. I have been teaching, scheduling, yelling, motivating, encouraging, disciplining and coordinating for the last nine months and now I finally have some time to myself. Don’t get […]
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The Movie Diary: A one-two punch
By Dom Cioffi I went to the driving range this past weekend to hit some golf balls in an attempt to freshen up my game. I’ve been consumed with baseball as of late and haven’t spent much time grooving my […]
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America the beautiful
By Dom Cioffi Like so many other people, I arrived at work on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, thinking my day would be fairly routine. Within a few hours, however, the world as we knew would be permanently changed. […]
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Music to my ears
By Dom Cioffi One of the first jobs I had as a teenager was at a local record store (of course, this was back when record stores actually specialized in selling records). It was a huge thrill to be around […]
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Pain’s part of the game
By Dom Cioffi It was supposed to be one of those perfect afternoons: the sun was shining, the temperatures were comfortable, the sky was a piercing blue and devoid of clouds, and I had nothing to do. My wife had […]
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Making the grade
By Dom Cioffi I take coaching seriously. Because of this, most of the kids who play or have played on my teams probably think I’m too serious (this includes my own son). But I look at it this way: if […]
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The beasts within
By Dom Cioffi Since the dawn of psychology, mankind has wondered, Is it nature or nurture that makes us who we are? Is it our genes or the environment in which we are reared that determines the kind of person […]